Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2013”.
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Participation of optometrists in National Health Service Corps
Primary health care services— Section 331 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d) is amended—
in subsection (a)(3)(D), by striking “or mental health,” and inserting “optometry, or mental health,”; and
in subsection (b)(2), by striking “and physician assistants” and inserting “optometrists, and physician assistants”.
Scholarship program— Section 338A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “and physician assistants” and inserting “optometrists, and physician assistants”; and
in subsection (b)(1), by striking “or other health profession” and inserting “optometry, or other health profession”.
Loan repayment program—
in subsection (a)(1), by striking “and physician assistants” and inserting “optometrists, and physician assistants”;
in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking “or another health profession” and inserting “optometry, or another health profession”; and
in subsections (b)(1)(B) and (b)(1)(C)(ii), by striking the term or other health profession each place such term appears and inserting “optometry, or other health profession”.
Period of obligated service— Clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 338C(b)(5)(C) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m(b)(5)(C)) are amended by striking the term or other health profession each place such term appears and inserting “optometry, or other health profession”.